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Biofuel Cooperation Marks First Step toward Energy Security

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
In Latin America U.S. President Bush is pursuing alternative energy alliances to enhance energy security at home and abroad.
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Keywords: Latin America, U.S., President Bush, biofuel, ethanol, trade

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The Future of the AIDS Fight

Posted on November 27, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
The last 25 years of the AIDS battle have proven that the future requires a dedicated global community devoted to delivering change.
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Keywords: U.S., treatment, science, policy, Gates, developing countries, HIV/AIDS, Africa

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The U.S. House of Representatives Says No to Neutrality

Posted on October 2, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Technology
Some internet watchdog organizations predict the Internet's downfall, should the COPE ACT of the House be passed in the U.S. Senate.
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Keywords: technology, U.S., internet, FCC, Net Neutrality, Internet Service Providers

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Empire's Workshop - The Latin Roots of Empire

Posted on August 31, 2006
Previously filed under: South America, Book and Film Reviews
Mark Engler provides a review of Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin.
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Keywords: Latin America, Imperialism, grandin, mark engler, U.S.

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Freer Trade Would Benefit U.S. the Most

Posted on June 6, 2006
Countries: Brazil, Canada
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
The U.S.'s practice of protecting its own goods and blocking free trade is, in the long run, doing more harm than good.
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Keywords: U.S., globalization, free trade

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Anxious America- Part II

Posted on March 14, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
Security measures taken post 9/11 to prevent terrorist attacks may also prevent scientific innovation and investment.
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Keywords: Dubai ports deal, xenophobia, U.S., foreign economic ownership

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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